The Realm of the Heavenly Dao

Although the two Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnaces were exactly alike, Zhang Xiaohua did not dare try the new furnace. Ou Yan's illness had not left him much time; even the Acupoint Striking techniques pointed out by [***] could only delay the loss of her vitality, not stop it completely.

Thus, without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Xiaohua put the new furnace into his belt and placed his own furnace atop the earth fire. The earth fire in Shixin Peak's pill room was the same as that in Tianmu Peak's pill room. When Zhang Xiaohua formed the hand seals, the earth fire flared up with a "whoosh." Blue-yellow flames licked at the bottom of the furnace from time to time, slowly warming it.

Only then did Zhang Xiaohua relax. He looked around, but unfortunately, though this pill room also had a table, it was completely bare. There was not even a jade slip or jade bottle. "How stingy. Couldn't they leave a little something for those who came after?"

Zhang Xiaohua curled his lip and tunneled out of the pill room. He did not emerge from the place where he had entered earlier, but headed directly toward the center of the mountain. Tianmu Peak's pill room was still connected to a small cave, with several zhang of rock in between, but Shixin Peak was even more concealed. There was not the slightest crack around it; even if one searched outside, one would never find it.

After tunneling out of the pill room, Zhang Xiaohua carefully memorized the marks around it before riding the wind down toward Misty Hall. Only after he spotted traces of Misty Hall disciples did he tunnel underground again and return to the small courtyard of the Pill-Refining Hall.

Everything in the courtyard was as before. The two